Purge
7.1
“Love, Deception, Sacrifice”
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
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Cast
38 people
Laura Birn
Aliide Truu (young)
Known for
Foundation
The Crow
Marta Laan
Inga
Also in
I Was Here
Stairway to Heaven
Liisi Tandefelt
Aliide Truu (old)
Known for
Tove
Amanda Pilke
Zara
Also in
Forbidden Fruit
Pearls and Pigs
Peter Franzén
Hans Pekk
Known for
Vikings
Meander
Kristjan Sarv
Pasha
Also in
Windward Land
The Class: Life After
Krista Kosonen
Ingel
Known for
Beforeigners
Foundation
Tommi Korpela
Martin Truu
Known for
Deadwind
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Sonja Nüganen
Linda (10 years)
Also in
Windward Land
Kaisa Kaljusaar
Linda (4 years)
No other roles listed
Laura Kiis
Linda (newborn)
No other roles listed
Tomi Salmela
Militia
Known for
Night on Earth
Ariel
Antti J. Jokinen Director · Marko Leino Screenplay Sofi Oksanen Author
Budget $3.1M · First release September 7, 2012 · Produced in Estonia, Finland
Box office
Budget
$3,100,000
Production
Solar Films
Production
Taska Film
Production
Estonia · Finland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Puhdistus
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Estonian · Finnish · Russian
Release dates
Finland · September 7, 2012
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 12, 2015 · TV · ARTE
Germany
March 12, 2015 · TV
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